walu

See also: wału and walu'

Balinese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /walu/
  • Hyphenation: wa‧lu

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

walu (Balinese script ᬯᬮᬸ)

  1. widow

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

walu (Balinese script ᬯᬮᬹ)

  1. pumpkin, flask, gourd

Banjarese

Banjarese cardinal numbers
 <  7 8 9  > 
    Cardinal : walu

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese walu (cf. Javanese wolu); ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

Numeral

walu

  1. eight

Synonyms

Brooke's Point Palawano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

Numeral

walu

  1. eight

Bulungan

Bulungan numbers (edit)
80
 ←  7 8 9  → 
    Cardinal: walu
    Ordinal: kewalu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwalu/

Numeral

walu

  1. eight

Further reading

  • Adul, M. Asfandi (1985), “walu”, in Struktur Bahasa Bulungan[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa.

Central Dusun

Central Dusun numbers (edit)
 ←  7 8 9  → 
    Cardinal: walu
    Ordinal: kawalu

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

Numeral

walu

  1. eight

Dupaningan Agta

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

Numeral

walu

  1. eight

Fijian

Fijian cardinal numbers
 <  7 8 9  > 
    Cardinal : walu

Numeral

walu

  1. eight

Guugu Yimidhirr

Noun

walu

  1. temple (of head)

Synonyms

  • gaman (avoidance language)

Hawaiian

Hawaiian numbers (edit)
 ←  7 8 9  → 
    Base form: walu
    Cardinal: ʻewalu
    Ordinal: walu
    Distributive: pāwalu
    Fractional: hapawalu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwa.lu/, [ˈʋɐ.lu]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Oceanic *walu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

Numeral

walu

  1. eight, eighth

Etymology 2

Verb

walu

  1. (transitive) to scratch

References

  • Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “walu”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN

Ibanag

Ibanag cardinal numbers
 <  7 8 9  > 
    Cardinal : walu

Numeral

walú

  1. eight

Kapampangan

Numeral

walú

  1. (Súlat Wáwâ) alternative form of ualu

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

Numeral

walu (walú)

  1. eight

Maguindanao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA(key): /ˈwalu/ [ˈwa.ɭ̆u]
  • Rhymes: -alu
  • Syllabification: wa‧lu

Numeral

walu

  1. eight

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *walu, from Proto-Germanic *waluz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɑ.lu/

Noun

walu f

  1. a mark caused by a blow or hit

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative walu wala, wale
accusative wale wala, wale
genitive wale wala
dative wale walum

Descendants

  • Middle English: wale, wælh
    • English: wale, weal
    • Scots: wale, wail

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu, compare Malay balu and Tagalog balo.

Noun

walu

  1. widow

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈva.lu/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -alu
  • Syllabification: wa‧lu

Noun

walu m

  1. inflection of wal:
    1. locative singular
    2. vocative singular

Ponosakan

Ponosakan cardinal numbers
 <  7 8 9  > 
    Cardinal : walu

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima. Compare Tagalog walo, Mongondow walu, Gorontalo walu, Javanese ꦮꦺꦴꦭꦸ (wolu).

Numeral

walu

  1. eight

Sakizaya

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *walu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa.ˈlu/, [wa.ˈlu]

Numeral

walu

  1. eight

Tagakaulu Kalagan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

Numeral

walu

  1. eight

Taroko

Noun

walu

  1. bee

References

  • Tseng, Teminawi (1997), 泰雅賽德克族人食物及其典故(一) [A study of Seediq Atayal's foods and their stories, Volume 1] (in Taroko, Chinese, and English), Taipei, →ISBN, page 190

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu.

Pronunciation

  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /walu/ [wɑˈlu]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Syllabification: wa‧lu

Numeral

walu (Sulat Sūg spelling وَلُ)

  1. eight

Ternate

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈwa.lu]

Noun

walu

  1. the calabash (Lagenaria siceraria)

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Uma

Numeral

walu

  1. eight

Warlpiri

Noun

walu

  1. head

Western Bukidnon Manobo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu.

Numeral

walu

  1. eight

Yogad

Numeral

walú

  1. eight